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Updated Nov. 29, 2009 2:11 p.m. ET

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China launched a new body to centralize settlement and clearing of financial products traded among the country's banks, in a move that could bolster confidence in China's derivatives markets and open the way for the regulators to approve new products. The U.S. and EU also have been trying to centralize trading of some derivatives. 3